Boat motor mounting



March 1932 DE WlTT RAMSEY BQAT MOTOR MOUNTING Filed May 25, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY March 22, 1932. DE wrr RAM$EY K 1,850,770

BOAT MOTOR MOUNTING Filed May 25, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mfl a: ATTORNEY i to insure thesteady travel thereof through the water, even in rough weather. The spaced skids also afford a trough therebetween and consequently confine the water therebetween. This confined water is acted upon by the propeller, and cannot escape the full stroke of the propeller blades. The resultis that the boat travels at agreater rate of speed than V is ordinary. Should the boat travel unto a sand bar or the like the edges 15 ofthe skids will contact therewith and cause the box 3 to be automatically raised in the well so that no injury can be inflicted to the propeller'1'2 or the shaft 10. This is also true when the boat 0 is beached. Obviously the box may be swung into the well manually and may be held-elevated, or in the'position disclosedby Figure 2 b any ordinary means.

. t should be stated that the motor inthe box may be detached therefrom for convenienceof therepairing of the propeller or other parts from the inside of the boat.

While Ihave herein set forth a satisfactory embodiment of my improvement as the same now appears to me I do not wish to be restricted to the precise details of construction herein set forth and illustrated but hold myself entitled to make such chan es therefrom as vary within the scope 0 what I claim. 7

Having described theinvention, I claim: 1. A motor boathaving a well in the bot-' tom thereof, a box received in the well and dinally from its stern, a box in the well having its sides pivoted to the well at the forward end thereof, flan es on the box to rest on the well and to limit the swinging of the box through the well, bufier elements between the well and said flanges, depending skids extending from the rear of the box, and said box su rt' in a motor thereimwhose ller sh flz pass s throu h a bearin in th d t tom of the box and whose propeller is disposed above andv betweenfile skids.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. DE WITT RAMSEY.

having its sides pivoted to the well adjacent the forward end thereof and said bo'x def signed to support a motor having a propeller shaft, an angularly arranged tubular bearing extending through the bottom of the box for the propeller shaft of the motor.

2. A motorboat having a well in the bottom thereof, a box received in the well and having its sides pivoted to the'well adjacent the forward and thereof and said box designed to support a motor havinga propeller shaft, an angularly arranged tubular bearing extendingthrough the bottom of the box for the propeller shaft, and the sides of the box having extensions in'the nature of skids between which the propeller is arranged. 3. A motor boathaving a well in thebottom thereof, a box receivedin the well and having its sides pivoted to the well adjacent the forward end thereof, "and said box designed to supportamotor having a propeller, v

anvangularly arranged tubular bearing extending through the bottom of the box for the propeller shaft,said box having its sides at the rear portion thereof extending below its 1 

